Making A Difference In Covid Times!

The parents of Alok Dev sent their fourth grade son to a nearby dance school during the lockdown to learn dancing.

- F. M. Britto

Child scientist

They didn’t want their son to waste his precious time sitting the whole day in front of the T.V. or with a mobile or simply annoying his siblings or parents like other children.

But the boy, studying at Govindapuram Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bengaluru, was interested in making robots. he went to Savad teacher, who runs a robotic centre close to his house, to learn how to make one.

Alok had been hearing that hand hygiene is essential in the fight against Covid-19. He wondered: Why not make a robot that dispenses the sanitizer, so that one does not need to touch the bottle at all?

And he succeeded in making one.

“It was nice to see him make the most of this time and create things that are useful,” says his mother Poornima with a big smile.

Now Alok’s mind is turned towards making a robot that will fold clothes. “I need to make something useful for society,” says the ten-year-old boy. “my dream is to become a robotics scientist when I grow up and create robots that can make life easier for humans,” says the future scientist with a heart for humanity.

U.S. President honours Indian girl

U.S. President Donald Trump honoured hundreds of Corona warriors on May 15. One of them was 10-year-old Indian girl Shravya Annapareddy.

Originally from Andhra Pradesh, Shravya studies in a primary school in Maryland. The fourth grade girl wondered what she could do to help combat the dreaded Corona virus. With her school scout companions, Lila Khan and Lauren, Shravya made and sent 200 greeting cards along with boxes of cookies to the doctors, nurses and health workers who are caring for Covid-19 patients.